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APILIUAII'OII FILED Imm, 190s. 2902,66?.A Patented Nov. 3, .1908.

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TIME `INDIOATORl APPLICATION FILED H1B. 7, 190e.

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JAMES C. LOUGHRY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TIME-INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 3, 1908.

Application filed February 7, 1908. Serial No. 414,762.

To all whom i may concern.'

Be it known that I, J AMES O. LOUGHRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention aims to provide a novel time indicator by means of which a mechanic is enabled to keep a record of the amount of time spent upon each job, such a record forming a basis for accurately computing the cost of each piece of work.

The object of the invention is to design an indicator of this character which will enable the mechanic or workman to record his time although employed simultaneously upon different jobs or classes of work, and which will relieve the mechanic from all clerical work such as the handling and filling out of cards. yThese features will be found particularly valuable in connection with many classes of industry such as in the foundryA where a man may have three or four patterns in one flask at the same time and yet not spend an equal amount of the entire time required to put up the flask on each pattern.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and. the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a time indicator embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a slight modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the preferred embodiment of the invention shown on the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the casing which has a flattened formation and is provided upon its outer face with a main or central dial 2 and a plurality of secondary dials 3, the latterpreferably' being disposed in a circular row surrounding the primary dial. The central dial 2 is subdivided into hours and minutes similar to the face of a clock, while the secondary dials are subdivided into hours and tenths, the latter system being employed since tenths are much more convenient for addition or other mathematical computations. A card rack or pocket l is provided for each of the secondary dials 3, the said racks being designed to receive order cards 5 which contain the necessary data and instructions in regard to the work, one of the cards being provided for each individual job. ff found desirable these cards may also be provided with a space to receive the time spent by the mechanic upon the job. A partition G is arranged within the casing 1 between the front and rear faces thereof, and journaled within the central portion of this partition is an arbor or shaft 7 to which the minute hand 8 of the primary dial 2 is attached. Rigid with this arbor 7 is a gear wheel 9 by means of which the same is designed to be rotated through the medium of suitable keys as will be hereinafter more fully described. Located immediately over this gear wheel 9 and rigid with the partition 6 is a Xed gear wheel 1() which is identical in form therewith. The hour hand 11 of the primary dial is carried by a sleeve 12 surrounding the central arbor or shaft 7 and receiving motion through a train of gears 13 from a pinion 14; upon the said shaft, the gearing being so proportioned that the hour hand makes a twelfth of a revolution for each complete revolution of the minute hand.

A key 15 is provided for each of the secondary dials 3, the said keys being formed with the finger-pieces 16 and being movable longitudinally within their bearings. Each of these keys carries a pinion 17 designed to mesh either with the fixed gear wheel 10 or the gear wheel 9 upon the central shaft or arbor 7, and a second pinion 18 meshing with a gear wheel 19 upon the shaft or arbor 20 of the corresponding secondary dial, the said shaft having the pointer 21 attached thereto which indicates the tenths of the hours. rlhe hour hands 22 of the secondary dials 3 are mounted in a manner identical with the hour hand of the primary dial and receive motion in a similar manner through a train of gearing meshing with a pinion upon the arbor. A coil spring 23 surrounds each of the keys 15, the said springs being interposed between the finger-pieces 16 and the partition 6 so as to normally move the keys outwardly and hold the pinions 17 in mesh with the fixed gear wheel 10, the pinion 1S being of a suliicient length to always remain in mesh with the gear wheel 19 regardless of the position of the key. It will thus be apparent that the keys are normally 'orced outwardly by the springs and are locked against movement since the lined gear wheel 10 engages the teeth of the pinion 1T to prevent rotation thereot. However, should the keys 15 be pressed inwardly aga-inst t-he action ot' the springs the pinion 17 will. be moved out of engagement with the fixed gear Wheel 10 and into mesh with the gear Wheel 9 so that when the keys are turned the hands upon the primary dial and secondary dials will he moved a corresponding amount. It may be mentioned here that an extra key 15ais provided for resetting the indicator and also it'or moving t-he hands of the primary dial through the time allotted Ylor lunch.

One of these time indicators is designed to be provided i'or each mechanic, and at the beginning ot the day the hands of the secondary dials are all set at zero and the hands oi' the primary dial set at the time the .mechanic begins Work, the order cards 5 having been previously placed in the pockets f-l by the foreman or other person allotting the Work to the mechanics. Should the me chanic devote his entire time to the ob outlined upon one of the order cards 5, at the completion of the Work he Will press the key 15 corresponding to the order card inwardly and turn the key until the hands of the central dial 2 have been moved through the space of time spent upon the Work, the hands of the secondary dial correspondinggl to the order card being simultaneously moved through a corresponding amount. However, should the mechanic Work simultaneously upon three different orders, he Will use his judgment in dividing the time and charging it to the different pieces of Work upon the record. For example, should a man begin Work at 7 oclock and complete operations on three different orders at 7.30 and he desires to charge up the thirty minutes spent simultaneously upon the three `iobs and according to his judgment the three different jobs require ten minutes, five minutes, and fifteen minutes respectively, he Will turn the key corresponding to the order card for the first j ob until the hands on the primary dial have moved ten minutes, then turn the key corresponding to the order card for the second job until the hands of the primary dial have moved five minutes, and finally turn the key corresponding to the order card for the third job until the hands upon the primary dial register '7:30. The primary dial no\v shows the correct hour of the day and the secondary dials show what Work has been accomplished in the time which has elapsed.

In using the indicator it is designed that the mechanic shall keep the primary dial representing as nearly as possible the hour oi the day so as to shor the total amount ot time hc hasl been Working, the secondary dials serving to record the quantity of time spent upon the individual pieces ol work. At the close of the day a time keeper or clerk visits the various machines and makes a record for pay roll and cost purposes, thc indicator being then reset at the hour of beginning work for the following day. Should the same be found desirable 'the machine could also be arranged so as to automatically print upon. the order cards the time registered by the secondary dials, thereby obtaining a permanent record upon the varioiils order cards ot the time spent upon the work designated thereon.

A slight modification is shown in Fig. 23 in which the springs 23a are interposlul between the pinions 1S upon the keys 15 and the rear iacc (3 oig the frame upon which the keys are mounted. It Will` be entirely ohvious hoivever that these springs operate in a manner identical With the sprin 23 shown in Fig. 2 to normally force the keys out Wardly and hold the pinions 1T in mesh `with the liXed gear Wheel 10.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as nenr is:

1. In a time indicator, the combination ol.l a plurality of card racks, a dial for each rack, and time indicating means coperating With the dials.

2. In a time indicator, the combinz'ltion ot' a plurality of card rai-ks. a dial 'for each oi the racks, time indicating means cooperating With the dials, and keys for actuating the time indicating means.

3. In a time indicator, the combination of a plurality of card racks, a dial 'for each, rack, time indicating means cooperating with the dials, and keys movable into and ont of operative position for operating the time indicating means.

4. In a time indicator, the combination oft a plurality of card holding devices, a dial for each card holding device, hands coopera-ting With the dials to indicate time, gearing for moving' the hands, and keys movable into and out of mesh with the gear ing.

5. In a time indicator, the combination of a plurality of order indicating' members, each of the members bearing data in regard to an individual order, a dial for each of the said members, and time indicating means cooperating with the dials.

G. In a time indicator, the combination o't' a primary dial, a plurality of secondary dials, hands cooperating With the dials, a, card holder for each secondary dial, and means for simultaneously moving the hands of the primary dial and any selected secondary dial.

7. In a time indicator, the combination of a primary dial, a hand for the primary dial,

a gear wheel for moving the hand, a fixed gear wheel, a secondary dial, a hand for the secondary dial7 a key adapted to move the hand of the secondary dial7 and a pinion upon the key adapted to mesh with either the fixed gear wheel or the gear wheel of the hand upon the primary dial.

8. In a time indicator, the combination of a primary dial, a hand ooperating therewith, a gear wheel for moving the hand, a fixed gear wheel, a secondary dial, a hand for the secondary dial, a gear wheel for moving the hand of the secondary dial, and a movable key provided with a pinion meshing with the gear wheel of the secondary dial and also with a second pinion adapted to be moved into mesh either with the fixed gear wheel or with the gear wheel of the primary dial.

9. In a time indicator, the combination of a primary dial, a hand for the primary dial, a gear wheel for moving the hand, a fixed gear wheel7 a secondary dial, a hand for the secondary dial, a key movable longitudinally within its bearings and provided with a pinion adapted to mesh with either the fixed gear wheel or with the gear wheel of the hand for the primary dial, and means for moving the hand of the secondary dial through the medium of the gear.

10. In a time indicator, the combination of a primary dial, a hand for the primary dial, a gear wheel for moving the hand, a fixed gear wheel, a plurality of secondary dials, hands for the secondary dials, a Card pocket for each of the secondary dials, a key for each of the secondary dials, a pinion upon each of the keys, the said pinions being adapted to mesh either with the xed gear to look the keys against movement or with the gear wheel of the hand for the primary dial, and means for moving the hands of the secondary dials through the medium of the keys.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. LOUGI-IRY. [Ls] Witnesses:

JAMEs H. KENNY, I-IowARD V. HENNIGAR. 

